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CBP then compares
the “live” photo-
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graphs of travelers taken with those
that are already on file in DHS hold-
ings. No new data is required.
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CBP is committed to its privacy obli-
gations and has taken steps to safe-
guard the privacy of all travelers.
Almost a million times each day,
CBP officers welcome international
travelers into the U.S.
In screening both foreign visi-
tors and returning U.S. citizens, CBP
uses a variety of techniques to inter-
cept immigration violators, narcotics,
unreported currency, weapons, pro-
hibited agriculture, counterfeit con-
sumer goods, and other illicit prod-
ucts, and to assure that global tourism
remains safe and strong.
Casey Owen Durst, Director, Field Operations for the Baltimore Field Office
“This is just one of many ways in which CBP is
working to enhance the security of the U.S. while
at the same time designing travel processes that
are more efficient for the average person.”
CBP has been testing facial recognition technol-
ogy to satisfy its biometric exit Congressional
mandate.
The facial recognition verification process takes
less than 2 seconds.
CBP uses airline man-
ifest data to retrieve
existing traveler pho-
tographs from gov-
ernment databases,
including passports
and visas, to build
a photo gallery of
travelers who are ex-
pected to arrive and
depart the United
States.
(See in Action! Courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP))
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